Mike Smithson
Billy Mike Smithson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 21, 1955 in Centerville, TN
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1982
Final Game: September 28, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 27 TEX AL 3 4 .429 5.01 8 8 0 3 0 0 46.2 51 26 26 5 13 2 24 3 0 1 199 77 1.371 9.8 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.85
1983 28 TEX AL 10 14 .417 3.91 33 33 0 10 0 0 223.1 233 102 97 14 71 2 135 8 2 8 960 102 1.361 9.4 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.90
1984 29 MIN AL 15 13 .536 3.68 36 36 0 10 1 0 252.0 246 113 103 35 54 7 144 8 2 7 1047 114 1.190 8.8 1.3 1.9 5.1 2.67
1985 30 MIN AL 15 14 .517 4.34 37 37 0 8 3 0 257.0 264 134 124 25 78 1 127 15 1 6 1088 100 1.331 9.2 0.9 2.7 4.4 1.63
1986 31 MIN AL 13 14 .481 4.77 34 33 1 8 1 0 198.0 234 123 105 26 57 4 114 14 1 15 880 89 1.470 10.6 1.2 2.6 5.2 2.00
1987 32 MIN AL 4 7 .364 5.94 21 20 0 0 0 0 109.0 126 76 72 17 38 3 53 9 2 4 494 77 1.505 10.4 1.4 3.1 4.4 1.39
1988 33 BOS AL 9 6 .600 5.97 31 18 6 1 0 0 126.2 149 87 84 25 37 1 73 6 6 2 561 69 1.468 10.6 1.8 2.6 5.2 1.97
1989 34 BOS AL 7 14 .333 4.95 40 19 12 1 1 2 143.2 170 84 79 21 35 5 61 10 0 0 632 83 1.427 10.6 1.3 2.2 3.8 1.74
8 Seasons 76 86 .469 4.58 240 204 19 41 6 2 1356.1 1473 745 690 168 383 25 731 73 14 43 5861 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .469 4.58 37 31 3 6 1 0 208 226 114 106 26 59 4 112 11 2 7 898 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91
MIN (4 yrs) 47 48 .495 4.46 128 126 1 26 5 0 816.0 870 446 404 103 227 15 438 46 6 32 3509 97 1.344 9.6 1.1 2.5 4.8 1.93
BOS (2 yrs) 16 20 .444 5.43 71 37 18 2 1 2 270.1 319 171 163 46 72 6 134 16 6 2 1193 76 1.446 10.6 1.5 2.4 4.5 1.86
TEX (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 4.10 41 41 0 13 0 0 270.0 284 128 123 19 84 4 159 11 2 9 1159 97 1.363 9.5 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.89

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1988 33 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.9
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.9

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 27 TEX AL 8 199 181 26 51 19 2 5 4 2 13 24 .282 .338 .492 .830 .301 89 5 3 1 1 2
1983 28 TEX AL 33 960 867 102 233 38 13 14 26 7 71 135 .269 .327 .391 .718 .302 339 18 8 6 8 2
1984 29 MIN AL 36 1047 977 113 246 40 5 35 23 9 54 144 .252 .296 .410 .706 .263 401 13 8 5 3 7
1985 30 MIN AL 37 1088 978 134 264 48 11 25 25 8 78 127 .270 .331 .418 .749 .287 409 21 15 10 7 1
1986 31 MIN AL 34 880 796 123 234 50 3 26 20 4 57 114 .294 .349 .462 .811 .313 368 24 14 5 8 4
1987 32 MIN AL 21 494 441 76 126 24 3 17 22 1 38 53 .286 .351 .469 .820 .290 207 7 9 1 5 3
1988 33 BOS AL 31 561 511 87 149 24 1 25 8 2 37 73 .292 .345 .489 .834 .298 250 8 6 4 3 1
1989 34 BOS AL 40 632 573 84 170 29 3 21 10 4 35 61 .297 .343 .468 .811 .298 268 9 10 5 9 5
8 Seasons 240 5861 5324 745 1473 272 41 168 138 37 383 731 .277 .331 .438 .769 .292 2331 105 73 37 44 25
162 Game Avg. 37 898 815 114 226 42 6 26 21 6 59 112 .277 .331 .438 .769 .292 357 16 11 6 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 27 TEX AL 8 8 3 4 1 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 3 0 4 50% 48 78 20 5 1 0 3 3.2 3.1 5.8
1983 28 TEX AL 33 33 10 14 9 1 4 13 19 .406 1 4 10 0 19 58% 52 78 15 28 8 2 12 4.0 3.8 6.8
1984 29 MIN AL 36 36 15 13 8 3 6 18 18 .500 5 2 10 1 21 58% 54 80 21 22 11 11 8 4.1 4.3 7.0
1985 30 MIN AL 37 37 15 14 8 4 4 18 19 .486 3 3 8 3 16 43% 50 83 17 33 15 11 8 4.4 4.5 6.9
1986 31 MIN AL 34 33 13 13 7 3 1 14 19 .424 2 4 8 1 13 39% 47 84 20 27 10 5 10 5.0 5.4 5.9
1987 32 MIN AL 21 20 4 7 9 1 0 11 9 .550 2 5 0 0 5 25% 42 72 22 20 4 2 7 6.1 6.2 5.3
1988 33 BOS AL 31 18 8 5 5 3 0 11 7 .611 1 0 1 0 6 33% 44 76 15 24 12 2 9 6.0 6.7 5.6 87 5 7 4 1 131
1989 34 BOS AL 40 19 6 10 3 0 1 7 12 .368 2 1 1 1 9 47% 47 77 23 24 11 6 4 5.0 5.9 5.5 79 10 5 3 1 126
8 Seasons 240 204 74 80 50 15 17 95 108 .468 16 20 41 6 93 46% 49 84 15 183 72 39 61 4.7 4.8 6.3 82 15 12 7 2 131
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 31 MIN AL 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.894 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 32 MIN AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.935 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1988 33 BOS AL 31 13 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 8 0.816 3 1 9 3 0 10 7 6 8 3 10 0 6.1 35
1989 34 BOS AL 40 21 12 1 4 3 2 1 67% 3 0 22 6 27% 6 0.829 9 2 10 7 5 9 13 8 12 5 12 3 5.5 26
4 Seasons 126 36 19 2 6 3 2 1 67% 3 0 38 12 32% 0.869 12 4 20 10 6 20 20 16 22 8 24 3 6.0 29

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 27 TEX AL 199 48% 2.5% 12.1% 6.5% 13.1% 51% 1.22 77% 27 5 19%
1983 28 TEX AL 960 49% 1.5% 14.1% 7.4% 6.8% 28% 1.46 76% 163 18 11%
1984 29 MIN AL 1047 60% 3.3% 13.8% 5.2% 7.6% 33% 0.87 77% 153 13 9%
1985 30 MIN AL 1088 57% 2.3% 11.7% 7.2% 7.7% 32% 1.15 77% 183 21 11%
1986 31 MIN AL 880 61% 3.0% 13.0% 6.5% 9.0% 34% 1.21 75% 162 24 15%
1987 32 MIN AL 494 56% 3.4% 10.7% 7.7% 8.9% 35% 1.16 76% 86 7 8%
1988 33 BOS AL 561 55% 4.5% 13.0% 6.6% 8.9% 34% 0.55 0.79 74% 22% 13.4% 32% 97 8 8%
1989 34 BOS AL 632 51% 3.3% 9.7% 5.5% 8.4% 31% 0.63 0.78 79% 23% 7.9% 15% 126 9 7%
8 Seasons 5861 55% 2.9% 12.5% 6.5% 8.2% 33% 0.59 1.06 76% 23% 10.2% 23% 997 105 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 33 BOS AL 533 1928 3.62 1207 63% 23% 12% 30% 35% 77% 1% 48% 84% 60% 7% 35 24 17% 92 43 7 27% 9 11 28 1 0
1989 34 BOS AL 632 2031 3.21 1316 65% 26% 10% 24% 40% 74% 3% 48% 86% 64% 4% 28 13 17% 109 62 6 39% 10 10 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1165 3959 3.40 2523 64% 24% 11% 27% 38% 76% 2% 48% 85% 62% 5% 63 37 17% 201 105 13 33% 19 21 28 1 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 27 TEX AL 199 51 5 0 1 2 3 2 3 9 5 1 56% 0 1 0 64 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1983 28 TEX AL 960 233 14 0 19 7 7 6 8 50 27 5 54% 11 8 1 342 26 7 79% 24 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 21 0
1984 29 MIN AL 1047 246 35 0 14 12 23 18 17 36 19 6 53% 17 7 1 335 23 9 72% 23 8 0 1 0 0 5 0 16 0
1985 30 MIN AL 1088 264 25 0 13 6 19 12 13 55 32 2 58% 7 6 1 377 25 8 76% 24 6 1 2 0 0 4 0 16 0
1986 31 MIN AL 880 234 26 0 16 8 18 13 13 49 28 7 57% 11 15 1 327 20 4 83% 20 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 29 0
1987 32 MIN AL 494 126 17 0 4 0 17 7 10 23 16 1 70% 6 4 0 181 22 1 96% 21 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14 0
1988 33 BOS AL 561 149 14 2 25 0 11 14 11 13 12 25 14 3 56% 5 2 2 196 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 0
1989 34 BOS AL 632 170 13 3 21 1 10 8 13 9 12 30 21 1 70% 8 0 0 254 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 0
8 Seasons 5861 1473 27 5 168 1 88 57 111 80 88 277 162 26 58% 65 43 6 2076 138 37 79% 133 30 5 6 0 1 21 4 124 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 27 3 4 .429 5.01 8 8 0 3 0 0 46.2 51 26 26 5 13 2 24 3 0 1 199 77 1.371 9.8 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.85 77
1983 28 13 18 .419 4.10 41 41 0 13 0 0 270.0 284 128 123 19 84 4 159 11 2 9 1159 97 1.363 9.5 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.89 97
1984 29 28 31 .475 3.90 77 77 0 23 1 0 522.0 530 241 226 54 138 11 303 19 4 16 2206 105 1.280 9.1 0.9 2.4 5.2 2.20 105
1985 30 43 45 .489 4.04 114 114 0 31 4 0 779.0 794 375 350 79 216 12 430 34 5 22 3294 103 1.297 9.2 0.9 2.5 5.0 1.99 103
1986 31 56 59 .487 4.19 148 147 1 39 5 0 977.0 1028 498 455 105 273 16 544 48 6 37 4174 100 1.332 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 1.99 100
1987 32 60 66 .476 4.37 169 167 1 39 5 0 1086.0 1154 574 527 122 311 19 597 57 8 41 4668 97 1.349 9.6 1.0 2.6 4.9 1.92 97
1988 33 69 72 .489 4.53 200 185 7 40 5 0 1212.2 1303 661 611 147 348 20 670 63 14 43 5229 93 1.361 9.7 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.93 93
1989 34 76 86 .469 4.58 240 204 19 41 6 2 1356.1 1473 745 690 168 383 25 731 73 14 43 5861 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 27 1 3 .250 6.07 43.0 54 32 29 5 14 22 3 1.581 11.3 2.9 4.6 1.57 1.0 8
1983 28 10 13 .435 4.39 213.0 241 116 104 14 73 129 8 1.474 10.2 3.1 5.5 1.77 0.6 33
1984 29 14 13 .519 3.84 244.0 251 116 104 36 55 139 8 1.254 9.3 2.0 5.1 2.53 1.3 36
1985 30 12 15 .444 4.48 245.0 261 136 122 25 77 121 15 1.380 9.6 2.8 4.4 1.57 0.9 37
1986 31 8 13 .381 4.95 191.0 235 117 105 26 57 110 14 1.529 11.1 2.7 5.2 1.93 1.2 34
1987 32 4 8 .333 5.58 108.0 123 74 67 17 37 53 9 1.481 10.3 3.1 4.4 1.43 1.4 21
1988 33 4 9 .308 6.47 121.0 154 97 87 26 38 70 6 1.587 11.5 2.8 5.2 1.84 1.9 31
1989 34 5 10 .333 5.39 137.0 174 91 82 21 36 58 10 1.533 11.4 2.4 3.8 1.61 1.4 40
8 Seasons 58 84 .408 4.84 1302.0 1493 779 700 170 387 702 73 1.444 10.3 4.9 1.81 1.2 240

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 AL--1.191--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL--1.929--2nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL--252.0--7th
1985 AL--257.0--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL--144--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1984 AL--36--1st
1985 AL--37--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL--10--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 AL--35--1st
1988 AL--25--7th
1989 AL--21--10th

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL--246--4th
1985 AL--264--3rd
1986 AL--234--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL--2.667--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL--.564--5th

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL--14--7th
1985 AL--14--9th
1986 AL--14--6th
1989 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 AL--103--8th
1985 AL--124--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL--8--10th
1986 AL--15--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL--8--4th
1984 AL--8--4th
1985 AL--15--1st
1986 AL--14--2nd
1987 AL--9--5th
1989 AL--10--2nd
Career--73--142nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL--1047--6th
1985 AL--1088--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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